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George Blackie

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Maker of chronometers

1813 Born in Inveresk, Scotland, son of George Blackie, Watch maker.

1849 Chronometer maker, married Ellen Brown (born c. 1828) in Islington[1]

1858 Made an auxiliary compensation to a balance for a chronometer which allowed him to win trials at Greenwich Observatory[2]

1861 Chronometer maker, living in Clerkenwell, with his wife and 4 children[3]

1881 Watchmaker-Finisher. Living in Islington, London, with 2 sons and 2 daughters[4]

1884 Granted Freedom of the City of London [5]

1885 Died in Islington[6]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Ancestry [1]
  2. ↑ Quote from "A treatise on watch-work, past and present By Henry Leonard Nelthropp" 1873, on [2]
  3. ↑ 1861 census
  4. ↑ 1881 census
  5. ↑ Ancestry [3]
  6. ↑ BMD
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